Alex Owens is an eighteen-year-old welder at a steel mill in Pittsburgh, who lives with her dog, Grunt, in a converted warehouse. She aspires to become a professional dancer, but has no formal dance training and works … See more

• Jennifer Beals as Alexandra "Alex" Owens
• Michael Nouri as Nick Hurley
• Lilia Skala as Hanna Long
• Sunny Johnson as Jeanie Szabo… See more

In April 1980, Thomas Hedley sold the film idea for development to Casablanca, a Los Angeles production company, for $300,000 and 5% of the net, as reported in The Globe and Mail. Hedley based the concept on the lives of exo… See more